Rob Jolles

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Everyone experiences objections when selling. You need to hear the questions your prospect wants answered, and you need to answer those questions without talking too much when doing so. When objections are stated, our minds move pretty fast, and unfortunately, often towards a response. It’s a natural step of the selling process.

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Rob Jolles

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Everyone experiences objections when selling. You need to hear the questions your prospect wants answered, and you need to answer those questions without talking too much when doing so. When objections are stated, our minds move pretty fast, and unfortunately, often towards a response. It’s a natural step of the selling process.

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Mr. Inside Sales

JANUARY 8, 2018

Want to instantly improve your ability to handle the objections you get, day in and day out? I guarantee you that if you just take the time to follow the step by step advice you’ll read below, you will – within 30 days – be a more confident, competition, and successful sales professional. Same thing in sales. Or less energy?

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Selling Energy

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Part 2 of the “How to Overcome Objections” series covers the classic issue of the reluctant prospect who insists that his/her company doesn’t have the human resources to oversee the process of implementing a new energy project.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 17, 2014

One question I am asked regularly is what is the best time to prospect, be that of day, time of week, etc. Many sales pundits will insist that you should prospect first thing in the day, giving a bounce to your day, allowing you to spend the rest of it selling. Think of it as a “double double” of prospecting.

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Selling Energy

JUNE 6, 2023

Before you make a phone call – whether it’s a cold call, a call to a prospect, or even a call to a long-time client – you should ask yourself, “What is my objective?” You need to have a strong objective before you pick up the phone. Otherwise, you’re simply wasting your time… and your prospect’s time.

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The Pipeline

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Over the years, I have found that some of my best prospect interviews have come as a result of something another prospect asked me. If you approach sales with the right attitude and outlook, you can help customers, make money, and get a free education. Refining how they prospect and conduct discovery. By Tibor Shanto.

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Mr. Inside Sales

OCTOBER 21, 2022

One of the most important things I learned early on in my sales career is that attitudes are contagious. My manager told me that when I’m on the phone with a prospect or customer, someone was going to sell someone—either the customer was going to sell me on why he wouldn’t buy, or I was going to sell him on why he should buy.

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Selling Energy

AUGUST 5, 2021

Keeping an Objections Archive™ is just as important as keeping a Story Archive™. These are indispensable items to have at your disposal when you’re discussing solutions with a prospect. Every sales manager should encourage their respective salesforces to generate both.

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The Sales Hunter

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Effective prospecting can be summed up in three words. I refer to them as the 3 traits you need to have if you want to be successful at prospecting. The object that describes this kind of person, that lacks persistence, is a “rain barrel” because that’s all you are. The 3 traits are: · Persistence. I call this “PAP.”

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Selling Energy

MARCH 12, 2020

When you’re selling an energy product or service, it’s pretty much a given that your prospect will raise some concern or objection during the negotiation. It’s your job as a sales professional to migrate the discussion away from that concern or objection and toward something that is more positive and productive.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Sales automation tools streamline repetitive tasks so you can focus on selling. What is Sales Automation? Today’s Sales professions spend just 34% of their time selling. With that shocking statistic, let’s review the benefits of sales automation. The Rise of Sales Automation. Salesforce.

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Mr. Inside Sales

DECEMBER 9, 2023

One guy—mid 40’s, tall and lanky—started walking towards the Starbucks, and when he entered the store, I recognized him from many years before when we were both struggling inside sales reps trying to sell investments over the phone. My sales and income soared. He didn’t believe in putting in the time, energy, or money to get better.

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Mr. Inside Sales

APRIL 18, 2016

I coach a lot of sales professionals, one on one, in individual sessions every week. Sales managers, business owners and also individual sales reps who are committed to moving into the top 20% or op 5% of their profession. Same thing in sales. In fact, I tell them, you’ll even welcome them! So what’s the secret?

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Mr. Inside Sales

APRIL 29, 2022

Writing a deal (making a sale), is an exhilarating thing, and there are many ways to celebrate. Some companies have a deal board where you can write down your latest sale so the other team members can see it. Answer: They all take you (and your successful energy) away from your desk—and your next pitch. Heck yeah!”

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Mr. Inside Sales

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

And the crazy thing is that sales reps actually buy into that objection! I’ve even begun hearing sales teams jump on the “Oh, things are terrible, the world is coming to an end…” objection and actually agreeing with their prospects! And then add: “Well, if things turn around, then definitely give us a call…”.

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 28, 2023

Welcome to "The Pipeline" — a weekly column from HubSpot, featuring actionable advice and insight from real sales leaders. Before you ever pick up the phone for prospecting , you have to determine whether the person you’re calling fits your ideal prospect profile. 7 Questions to Ask Yourself Before You Call a New Prospect 1.

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 10, 2020

From sales processes to how we celebrate holidays, there has been no area left untouched by this pandemic. For ZoomInfo, one of the biggest challenges we are facing at EOY is how to keep motivation high and celebrations on par with the big achievements our sales teams are hitting day in and day out. Covid has changed everything.

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The Sales Heretic

MARCH 25, 2015

Aikido is a Japanese martial art that focuses on redirecting an attacker’s energy and using it against them. Sales aikido closing overcoming objections prospect upselling' Instead of meeting force with force (i.e. Aikido makes use of momentum, balance and gravity, [.].

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Partners in Excellence

APRIL 3, 2024

We invest enormous amounts of energy seeking to avoid dong the work. We scour social channels for shortcuts; what are the easiest ways to prospect, how can I send more emails/make more calls, how do I close more deals with less effort, how do I leverage tools like ChatGPT to do the work for me, and on and on…… ?

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SBI

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Prospecting Attention Deficit Disorder: How to Avoid the Shiny Object Syndrome. It’s not that you can actually execute hundreds of tasks in a day’s agenda, but if sales is your passion and profession, you are undeniably an expert at managing the precise allocation of time and resources across that number of tasks.

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Sales Evangelist

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Three Skills to Help You Overcome Objections Being in sales, there needs to be a level of optimism but objections are also part of the process. How do you handle objections? It’s in this stage that prospects are able to share their needs and sales reps are able to define how they can be part of the solution.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 31, 2021

While the calendar may not agree, Labor Day, from a sales standpoint, is the end of Summer. Closing business and prospecting to ensure you avoid the January lull with a pipeline that propel you to success. The best way to approach is to take your cues from your prospects, buyers and clients. By Tibor Shanto. Try Something New.

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Prospecting is a unique skill set, this is why hunters are always in greater demand and earn more than people who can sell but can’t prospect. One quality is knowing when and what to bring to bear to move the sale forward, what resources you really need and which are superfluous or a distraction.

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Rob Jolles

JULY 28, 2023

Here’s a quick quiz: Which prospect would you prefer meeting with? Prospect #1: Someone who has been battling with a particular problem, has finally decided to do something about it, and calls you! I’m pretty sure I know which prospect you’d pick. After all, most in sales have been taught a, “needs-based” approach to selling.

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Rob Jolles

JULY 28, 2023

Here’s a quick quiz: Which prospect would you prefer meeting with? Prospect #1: Someone who has been battling with a particular problem, has finally decided to do something about it, and calls you! I’m pretty sure I know which prospect you’d pick. After all, most in sales have been taught a, “needs-based” approach to selling.

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The Pipeline

JULY 16, 2015

When it comes to effective prospecting there is usually a complete imbalance between two critical components of an effective message. Most people tend to focus way too much on the message, and the content, then fail to pay sufficient focus and energy on the delivery, often resulting in great content and message being wasted.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 27, 2019

You've spent hours prospecting : researching, making warm calls , reaching out via email and on social media. If you have prospects who are dragging their feet or slowing a deal down, you might be working with a tire kicker. So, how can separate these tire kickers from well-qualified prospects? Quality over quantity.

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Selling Energy

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Most prospects are spending money on an overly large utility bill when they could be making principal and interest payments on new equipment that would save the difference and more. Nevertheless, you’ll hear the same objection, “We don’t have the money.”.

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Crunchbase

MAY 11, 2023

As it’s become easier to connect with people over video chat and more common for employees to work from home, video prospecting has emerged as an invaluable strategy for sales teams. What is video prospecting? It involves creating personalized video messages you can send directly to prospects.

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The Pipeline

APRIL 4, 2016

As we start a new quarter, it makes sense to step back a second and think about how you are prospecting f. Few aspects of sales are one size fits all, which makes it a challenge for those who are looking for that one secret to success in sales. What You Need To Know. Then start it all again.

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Selling Energy

DECEMBER 17, 2020

One of the main objections sales professionals are hearing now more than ever from prospects is, “We don’t have the money.”. One of the things we've undertaken this year is teaching how to sell through a recession and how to deal with pandemic-related social distancing.

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SalesProInsider

JANUARY 6, 2022

Staging in your selling efforts is a critical step in ensuring success in that sales opportunity. As I shared in the first article in this series for creating your roadmap to sales success, a sales process is a roadmap that guides you through the journey from the introduction to a new client to growth of that client.

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Selling Energy

DECEMBER 17, 2020

One of the main objections sales professionals are hearing now more than ever from prospects is, “We don’t have the money.”. One of the things we've undertaken this year is teaching how to sell through a recession and how to deal with pandemic-related social distancing.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 7, 2019

Author: Rory Christian According to IDC , despite a "typical" $1 billion company spending a large amount of resources devoted to training for customer-facing people, poor sales enablement results in around $14 million of wasted sales and marketing expenses, and $100 million in lost sales opportunities. What would you include?

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The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

No one likes rejection, and I would argue few professions have to put up with as much rejection as sales people do. We face rejection throughout the sale, from the time we try to prospect and engage with a potential buyer, right to the end when they finally agree to deal with us.

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Mr. Inside Sales

DECEMBER 18, 2020

He asked me what I was up to these days, and I told him I was an inside sales consultant. I asked him what he was up to, and this is when the chill hit me: he said he was starting a new sales job today, and then he rolled his eyes as if to say, “And this one will suck, too.”. My sales and income soared. I remember,” I said.

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